Athletic Garment Assembly

ABSTRACT

An athletic garment assembly for anchoring a rider to a seat of a bicycle includes a pair of shorts that is wearable on a rider&#39;s lower body. The pair of shorts has an external engagement that is integrated into a crotch of the shorts. The external engagement engages a nose of a seat on a bicycle when the rider sits on the seat. In this way the external engagement can anchor the rider to the seat.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to garment devices and more particularly pertains to a new garment device for anchoring a rider to a bicycle seat. The device includes a pair of shorts and an externally mounted pouch on a crotch of the shorts. The pouch insertably receives a nose of a seat of a bicycle to anchor the rider to the seat.

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The prior art relates to garment devices including a variety of riding shorts that have a cushion integrated into a crotch of the riding shorts for enhancing comfort of a bicycle seat. In no instance does the prior art disclose a pair of riding shorts that have an externally mounted pouch on a crotch of the riding shorts that engages a nose of a bicycle seat.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of shorts that is wearable on a rider's lower body. The pair of shorts has an external engagement that is integrated into a crotch of the shorts. The external engagement engages a nose of a seat on a bicycle when the rider sits on the seat. In this way the external engagement can anchor the rider to the seat.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an athletic garment assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 2 of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 6 thereof, a new garment device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the athletic garment assembly 10 generally comprises a pair of shorts 12 that are wearable on a lower body of a rider 13. The pair of shorts 12 has an external engagement 14 that is integrated into a crotch 16 of the shorts 12. The external engagement 14 engages a nose 18 of a seat 20 on a bicycle 22 when the rider 13 sits on the seat 20. In this way the external engagement 14 can anchor the rider 13 to the seat 20. The seat 20 on the bicycle 22 may be a racing saddle, a mountain bike saddle or any other saddle style bicycle seat. Additionally, the bicycle 22 may be a road bicycle, a mountain bicycle or any other type of bicycle that would commonly employ a saddle style bicycle seat. The pair of shorts 12 has a pair of legs 24 and the crotch 16 extends between the pair of legs 24. A pair of pockets 26 is each coupled to a respective one of the legs 24 of the shorts 12 and each of the pockets 26 is positioned on an outwardly facing side 28 of the respective leg 24.

A pouch 30 is provided that has a perimeter edge 32 and the perimeter edge 32 has a curved portion 34 and a straight portion 36 extending between opposite sides of the curved portion 34. The curved portion 34 is coupled to an outside surface 38 of the shorts 12 and the straight portion 36 is free from the outside surface 38 to define an opening 40 into the pouch 30. Moreover, the pouch 30 is positioned on the crotch 16 of the shorts 12 such that the pouch 30 defines the external engagement 14. The opening 40 is directed rearwardly on the shorts 12 and the opening 40 receives the nose 18 of the seat 20.

In an alternative embodiment 42 as is most clearly shown in FIG. 6, a loop 44 is provided that has a first end 46 and a second end 48. The loop 44 is curved between the first end 46 and the second end 48 such that the first end 46 is spaced from the second end 48. Each of the first end 46 and the second end 48 is coupled to the outside surface 38 of the shorts 12, and the loop 44 is positioned on the crotch 16 of the shorts 12 having the loop 44 extending downwardly from the crotch 16. In this way the loop 44 defines the external engagement 14 and the nose 18 of the seat 20 can be extended through the loop 44.

In use, the rider 13 wears the shorts 12 when the rider 13 is going to ride the bicycle 22. The user positions the nose 18 of the seat 20 in the pouch 30 when the rider 13 is going to ride the bicycle 22 up an incline, such as a hill. In this way the rider 13 is anchored on the seat 20 thereby facilitating the rider 13 to maintain their center of gravity over the seat 20. Thus, the rider 13 is positioned to have optimum efficiency with respect to pedaling the bicycle 22 up the incline. The rider 13 can disengage from the nose 18 of the seat 20 at any time they desire.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements. 

1. An athletic garment assembly having a crotch pouch for receiving a nose of a bicycle seat for anchoring a rider on the bicycle seat, said assembly comprising: a pair of shorts being wearable on a rider's lower body, said pair of shorts having an external engagement being integrated into a crotch of said shorts, said external engagement engaging a nose of a seat on a bicycle when the rider sits on the seat wherein said external engagement is configured to anchor the rider to the seat.
 2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein: said pair of shorts has a pair of legs, said crotch extending between said pair of legs; said assembly includes a pair of pockets, each of said pockets being coupled to a respective one of said legs of said shorts, each of said pockets being positioned on an outwardly facing side of said respective leg; and a pouch having a perimeter edge, said perimeter edge having a curved portion and a straight portion extending between opposite sides of said curved portion, said curved portion being coupled to an outside surface of said shorts.
 3. (canceled)
 4. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein said straight portion is free from said outside surface to define an opening into said pouch, said pouch being positioned on said crotch of said shorts such that said pouch defines said engagement, said opening being directed rearwardly on said shorts wherein said opening is configured to receive the nose of the seat.
 5. An athletic garment assembly having a crotch pouch for receiving a nose of a bicycle seat for anchoring a rider on the bicycle seat, said assembly comprising: a pair of shorts being wearable on a rider's lower body, said pair of shorts having an external engagement being integrated into a crotch of said shorts, said external engagement engaging a nose of a seat on a bicycle when the rider sits on the seat wherein said external engagement is configured to anchor the rider to the seat, said pair of shorts having a pair of legs, said crotch extending between said pair of legs; a pair of pockets, each of said pockets being coupled to a respective one of said legs of said shorts, each of said pockets being positioned on an outwardly facing side of said respective leg; and a pouch having a perimeter edge, said perimeter edge having a curved portion and a straight portion extending between opposite sides of said curved portion, said curved portion being coupled to an outside surface of said shorts, said straight portion being free from said outside surface to define an opening into said pouch, said pouch being positioned on said crotch of said shorts such that said pouch defines said external engagement, said opening being directed rearwardly on said shorts wherein said opening is configured to receive the nose of the seat.
 6. The assembly according to claim 5, further comprising a loop having a first end and a second end, said loop being curved between said first end and said second end such that said first end is spaced from said second end, each of said first end and said second end being coupled to said outside surface of said shorts, said loop being positioned on said crotch of said shorts having said loop extending downwardly from said crotch such that said loop defines said external engagement wherein said loop is configured to have the nose of the seat extended through said loop.
 7. An athletic garment system having a crotch pouch for receiving a nose of a bicycle seat for anchoring a rider on the bicycle seat, said system comprising: a bicycle seat having a nose extending away from a body of said bicycle seat wherein said nose is configured to extend under a rider's crotch when the rider sits on said body of said bicycle seat; a pair of shorts being wearable on a rider's lower body, said pair of shorts having an external engagement being integrated into a crotch of said shorts, said external engagement engaging said nose of said bicycle seat when the rider sits on said bicycle seat wherein said external engagement is configured to anchor the rider to said bicycle seat, said pair of shorts having a pair of legs, said crotch extending between said pair of legs; a pair of pockets, each of said pockets being coupled to a respective one of said legs of said shorts, each of said pockets being positioned on an outwardly facing side of said respective leg; and a pouch having a perimeter edge, said perimeter edge having a curved portion and a straight portion extending between opposite sides of said curved portion, said curved portion being coupled to an outside surface of said shorts, said straight portion being free from said outside surface to define an opening into said pouch, said pouch being positioned on said crotch of said shorts such that said pouch defines said engagement, said opening being directed rearwardly on said shorts, said opening insertably receiving said nose of said bicycle seat. 